16th AUGUST 1964
LIVERPOOL
By rail from Birmingham (New Street). Hauled by LMS Class 5 4‑6‑0 No. 45001 (5A Crewe – North) as far as Crewe via Aston and Bescot.
LMS Class 5 4‑6‑0 No. 45001
Looking somewhat the worse for wear we see LMS Class 5 4‑6‑0 No. 45001 in the company of other begrimed LMS locomotives at the Carlisle end of the shed yard at 10A Carnforth on 10th December 1967.
Photograph by Peter Hands
2J ASTON (passing)
LMS: Class 5 4‑6‑0 No. 44942. Class 8F 2‑8‑0’s Nos. 48012 (1F Rugby), 48638 (16D Nottingham), 48718.
WD: Class 8F 2‑8‑0 No. 90156 (36A Doncaster).
2F BESCOT (passing)
LMS: Class 5 4‑6‑0 No. 45410. Class 8F 2‑8‑0’s Nos. 48477, 48515. Class 7F 0‑8‑0 No. 49173.
BASFORD HALL SIDINGS & 5B CREWE (South) (passing)
LMS: Class 4 2‑6‑4T No. 42224 (5D Stoke). Class 5 4‑6‑0’s Nos. 44679 (5A Crewe – North), 45018 (12A Carlisle – Kingmoor), 45344 (5A Crewe – North). Class 3F 0‑6‑0T’s. Nos. 47397 (5B0, 47482 (5B0, 47524 (5B0, 47649 (5F Uttoxeter). Class 8F 2‑8‑0 No. 48206 (5E Nuneaton).
BR: Class 2 2‑6‑0 No. 78036 (5B).
5A CREWE (North) (passing)
LMS: Jubilee Class 4‑6‑0 No. 45595 Southern Rhodesia. Class 3F 0‑6‑0T No. 47646 (Crewe Works).
BR: Britannia Class 4‑6‑2 No. 70048 The Teritorial Army 1908‑1958 (2J Aston).
8K BANK HALL
LMS: Class 2 2‑6‑2T’s Nos. 41211, 41244. Class 4 2‑6‑4T No. 42634 (8F Springs Branch Wigan). Class 5 4‑6‑0’s Nos. 44685 (5A Crewe – North), 45129, 45229 (8L Aintree). Jubilee Class 4‑6‑0 No. 45698 Mars. Royal Scot Class 4‑6‑0 No. 46155 The Lancer (5A Crewe – North). Class 2 2‑6‑0’s Nos. 46444, 46496.
BR: Britannia Class 4‑6‑2 No. 70039 Sir Christopher Wren (12B Carlisle – Upperby). Class 4 4‑6‑0’s Nos. 75011 (8F Springs Branch Wigan), 75032, 75033, 75046, 75047, 75049.
In store:
LMS: Class 2 2‑6‑2T’s Nos. 41237, 41268.
LMS Royal Scot Class 4‑6‑0’s
One of the few remaining active LMS Royal Scot Class 4‑6‑0’s based at Crewe (North) No. 46155 The Lancer at rest in the yard at 8K Bank Hall on 16th August 1964 in the company of locally based LMS Class 5 4‑6‑0 No. 45129 a resident of the depot until November 1964 – moving on to 8B Warrington.
Photograph by Peter Hands
8L AINTREE
LMS: Class 5 4‑6‑0’s Nos. 44713 (6A Chester), 45062 (16C Derby), 45323. Class 2 2‑6‑0’s Nos. 46404, 46500. Class 3F 0‑6‑0T’s Nos. 47289, 47327, 47512, 47566, 47665, 47681. Class 8F 2‑8‑0 No. 48533 (9D Newton Heath).
BR: Class 4 4‑6‑0 No. 75064.
WD: Class 8F 2‑8‑0’s Nos. 90010 (9G Gorton), 90116 (56A Wakefield), 90242, 90327, 90413, 90563, 90655 (56D Mirfield), 90706, 90712.
In store:
WD: Class 8F 2‑8‑0’s Nos. 90101, 90584.
LMS Class 5 4‑6‑0 No. 44713
Two consecutive photographs of LMS Class 5 4‑6‑0 No. 44713, from 10D Lostock Hall, noted at 8L Aintree on 16th August 1964, as it departs from Carnforth station with a parcels train heading in the direction of Barrow‑in‑Furness and Workington on a rain‑soaked 22nd June 1968.
Photograph by Peter Hands
LMS Class 5 4‑6‑0 No. 44713
8A EDGE HILL (LIVERPOOL)
LMS: Class 4 2‑6‑4T No. 42464 (9H Patricroft). Class 6P5F (Hughes) 2‑6‑0’s Nos. 42815, 42848, 42886, 42920. Class 4F 0‑6‑0 No. 44294 (8B Warrington). Class 5 4‑6‑0’s Nos. 44772, 44827, 44838, 44939 (12B Carlisle – Upperby), 45015, 45039, 45109 (8K Bank Hall), 45149 (6G Llandudno Junction), 45156 Ayrshire Yeomanry), 45187, 45201 (8C Speke Junction), 45278 (8F Springs Branch Wigan), 45307, 45312, 45372 (8F Springs Branch Wigan), 45414, 45440. Royal Scot Class 4‑6‑0 No. 46152 The King’s Dragoon Guardsman (6J Holyhead). Class 3F 0‑6‑0T’s Nos. 47272 (in transit from 8H Birkenhead to 16H Hasland), 47285, 47357, 47485, 47519. Class 8F 2‑8‑0’s Nos. 48026, 48078, 48151, 48152, 48189, 48200, 48249, 48323, 48326 (8H Birkenhead), 48332 (16F Burton), 48425, 48433, 48495 (9K Bolton), 48512, 48557 (8B Warrington), 48709 (8C Speke Junction), 48742, 48746.
WD: Class 8F 2‑8‑0 No. 90160 (56A Wakefield).
BR: Class 9F 2‑10‑0 No. 92158 (8C Speke Junction).
In store:
LMS: Class 6P5F (Hughes) 2‑6‑0 No. 42851. Class 5 4‑6‑0 No. 45103. Class 3F 0‑6‑0T’s Nos. 47349, 47594. Class 7F 0‑8‑0 No. 49375 – in store at 8A 12.62‑1.65.
WD: Class 8F 2‑8‑0 No. 90564.
LMS Class 4 2‑6‑4T No. 42464
Noted at 8A Edge Hill on 16th August 1964, LMS Class 4 2‑6‑4T No. 42464 looks resplendent following overhaul in the yard at Crewe Works ‑ date unknown. Accompanying No. 42464 is sister locomotive No. 42161.
Photograph A. Wakefield collection
8C SPEKE JUNCTION
LMS: Class 4 2‑6‑4T No. 42065 (9E Trafford Park). Class 6P5F (Hughes) 2‑6‑0 No. 42734 (9B Stockport). Class 6P5F (Stanier) 2‑6‑0 No. 42961 (8L Aintree). Class 4 2‑6‑0 No. 43031 (9F Heaton Mersey), 43074 (55F Manningham). Class 4F 0‑6‑0 No. 44481 (9D Newton Heath). Class 5 4‑6‑0’s Nos. 44741, 44749, 44751, 45034, 45181, 45188, 45412. Class 2 2‑6‑0’s Nos. 45423, 46424. Class 8F 2‑8‑0’s Nos. 48092 (16E Kirkby), 48178 (9H Patricroft), 48250, 48261 (9L Buxton), 48280 (8A Edge Hill – Liverpool), 48290 (8H Birkenhead), 48294, 48296, 48308, 48534 (1E Bletchley), 48535, 48645 (15C Kettering), 48692, 48771 (6G Llandudno Junction), 48774.
WD: Class 8F 2‑8‑0’s Nos. 90220 (41D Canklow), 90558 (9G Gorton).
BR: Class 9F 2‑10‑0’s Nos. 92008 (16E Kirkby), 92019 (12A Carlisle – Kingmoor), 92052 (16E Kirkby), 92054, 92115.
In store:
WD: Class 8F 2‑8‑0 No. 90216.
LMS Class 8F 2‑8‑0 No. 48294
Serving at 8C Speke Junction between June 1961 and October 1967 LMS Class 8F 2‑8‑0 No. 48294 is seen in light steam in the yard of its home shed at 10D Lostock Hall on 12th May 1968. To the left of the frame is sister engine No. 48765(10D) and to the right of No. 48294 is the now preserved LMS Class 5 4‑6‑0 No. 45305, also of 10D.
Photograph by Peter Hands
8H BIRKENHEAD
LMS: Class 4 2‑6‑4T’s Nos. 42213 (6A Chester), 42236 (6A Chester), 42586, 42597, 42608. Class 6P5F (Hughes) 2‑6‑0’s Nos. 42707, 42730, 42777, 42782, 42856, 42934, 42937. Class 5 4‑6‑0 No. 44872 (2J Aston). C;ass 3F 0‑6‑0T’s Nos. 47324, 47343, 47372, 47495, 47533, 47627, 47659, 47674. Class 8F 2‑8‑0’s Nos. 48098 (16E Kirkby), 48262, 48302 (9F Heaton Mersey), 48312, 48422, 48435, 48476, 48636 (9H Patricroft), 48689 (55C Farnley Junction), 48694 (16F Burton).
WD: Class 8F 2‑8‑0 No. 90399 (8L Aintree).
BR: Class 9F 2‑10‑0’s Nos. 92045, 92046, 92047, 92057, 92079, 92082, 92165, 92167.
In store:
LMS: Class 6P5F (Hughes) 2‑6‑0 No. 42943.
LMS Class 0‑6‑0T’s Nos. 47533
Three of the ‘Jinties’ – LMS Class 0‑6‑0T’s Nos. 47533, 47627 and 47674 noted at 8H Birkenhead on 16th August are in this photograph taken at 8H on a murky and wet Sunday 5th December 1965 – the odd one out being No. 47447. All four were being readied for their duties the following day.
Photograph by Peter Hands
